Haiku News

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“Denial Is Slipping Away as War Arrives in Damascus” (read more)

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machine gun fire

she stirs more honey

into her tea

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Poem by Annette Makino. Read more by this poet.

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“Mitt Romney, President Obama chasing swing-state Latinos as Election Day nears” (read more)

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swing state…

i kill a mosquito

proactively

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Poem by Ted van Zutphen. Read more by this poet.

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“Kota Belud’s granary set to re-energise paddy cultivation in Sabah” (read more)

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paddy field—

the stream carrying

clouds

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Poem by Ramesh Anand. Read more by this poet.

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“Performance Workshop for Trinidad and Tobago golfers” (read more)

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deepening heat—

the distance between

mountain and cloud

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Poem by Gillena Cox. Read more by this poet.

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“Prisoners to launch legal action on voting rights” (read more)

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in a dark corner

of my cell

a cricket’s song

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Poem by Steven Cottingham. Read more by this poet.

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“Prof. Girvan on impact of Hurricane Sandy: Caribbean must brace for economic downturn” (read more)

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power outage—

the smell of rain

on the wind

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Poem by Gillena Cox. Read more by this poet.

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“Hundreds of NY homes to be razed after Sandy” (read more)

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hurricane news

the flutter of stockings

on the ceiling fan

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Poem by Garry Eaton. Read more by this poet.

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“Cold threatens tens of thousands left homeless in New York after superstorm Sandy” (read more)

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holding on

with what she left behind…

winter moon

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Poem by Ramesh Anand. Read more by this poet.

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“Storm-hit New York declared major disaster area” (read more)

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dark waves—

a roaring sound swallows

the silence

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Poem by Pravat Kumar Padhy. Read more by this poet.

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“Lady Gaga thanks Medvedev for not supporting anti-gay law” (read more)

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waning moon…

an ache where the barmaid’s

smile was

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Poem by Sheila Windsor. Read more by this poet.

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“Teachers’ strikes would inspire us all” (read more)

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redundant…

her first edition of Marx

on TradeMe

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Poem by Dick Whyte. Read more by this poet.

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“CNN takes money from foreign dictators to run flattering news stories about them” (read more)

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second dawn…

the cuckoo discards

a warbler’s eggs

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Poem by Ted van Zutphen. Read more by this poet.

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“Gaza ceasefire: will it hold?” (read more)

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thanksgiving

in the West, cease fire

in Gaza

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Poem by Gillena Cox. Read more by this poet.

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“Hurricane Sandy approaches New York City as homeless remain outside” (read more)

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storm passed

the spider also rebuilds

its life

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Poem by Laurence Stacey. Read more by this poet.

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